Saints and Drew Brees remain far apart in negotiations

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; The Saints and Drew Brees remain far apart in their contract negotiations, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
According to Schefter, it doesn't look like Brees' deal is going to get done in 2011. The Saints may have to use the ...

The Saints and Drew Brees remain far apart in their contract negotiations, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

According to Schefter, it doesn't look like Brees' deal is going to get done in 2011. The Saints may have to use the franchise tag to freeze Brees while they negotiate further after the season. Regardless, he's a virtual lock to eventually re-up in New Orleans long term.

Does anyone know what the problem is? What he's worth is pretty much set in stone. He's a Super Bowl and Super Bowl MVP winning quarterback of a consistently contending team. His contract should be equal to Peyton, Brady, Rodgers, Eli and Roethlisberger. Is he asking for more than that or are we offering less?

We have quite a few free agents to sign next year and judging by how close we were to the max salary cap this year (only 2 miliion left) I'm sure we have to do plenty of restructuring of contracts to sign Drew and whom ever else the team wants to keep such as Colston, Nicks, Meachem, Porter and Daniels. With the new CBA the franchise tag isn't worth as much as it used to be so that may not sit well with Drew but I'm confident something will be done by the end of the season.

All I know is that Drew is a "family first" man. He will do whatever it takes to take care and secure his family's future. Even if that includes moving to another team. If we don't pay him, someone else will, and he will take it. He loves New Orleans, but he loved San Diego while he was there, and he will love another city if he goes there. The "powers that be" in the front office better get this figured out and taken care of. We sucked the first 40 years of our existance, partly because of the owners being tight wads and not letting go of the cash it takes to produce a winner. I hope we're not heading back in the same direction.